Heroic Measures (Blackbridge Security 6) by Marie James-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 3, 2021

Opposites don’t just attract.They captivate.They entice.They beckon.

As the medic for the Blackbridge Security team, he was just fine hanging out at the office in his spare time.

Jude Morris was…boring.He didn’t need excitement.He wasn’t a thrill-seeker.Then he met a woman who was.

Parker Maxwell, the only woman able to captivate, entice, and beckon him, was his antithesis.

The up to his down.The light to his dark.The hot to his cold.He couldn’t take his eyes off of her.She didn’t seem to notice him.

It’s going to take heroic measures for this guy to win the girl.

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REVIEW: HEROIC MEASURES is the sixth instalment in Marie James’ contemporary, adult BLACKBRIDGE SECURITY erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on the team who work for Blackbridge Security. This is thirty-one year old medic Jude Morris, and bartender Parker Maxwell’s story line. HEROIC MEASURES can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: The events of HEROIC MEASURES run parallel to, and cross over with the events of book five CALCULATED RISK.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Jude and Parker) HEROIC MEASURES follows the acrimonious relationship between thirty-one year old medic Jude Morris, and bartender Parker Maxwell. Jude Morris met Parker Maxwell when he assisted a self-defence course for vulnerable women but Jude struggled with his attraction to Parker, a woman who didn’t do relationships, offering only a friends with benefits kind of affair. Late night rendezvous were little more than drive-by $exathons, and in this Jude battled between head and heart knowing Parker didn’t want the same thing but when Parker needed help from the team at Blackbridge Security, Jude found himself on the outside looking in when he was all but dismissed by our story line heroine. What ensues is the back and forth, highly sexual relationship between Parker and Jude, and the potential fall-out as Parker is targeted by a man whose family life is spiralling out of control.

Parker Maxwell doesn’t do relationships having seen first hand the tragedy of unrequited love but Parker has secrets that are about to be exposed, secrets that place her in the direct line of fire. Jude Morris fell hard for our story line heroine but Jude wanted to be more than a ‘booty’ call, or a port to let off some angry, pent up energy. Refusing to become Parker’s sexual outlet, Jude walks away without looking back.

The relationship between Jude and Parker is erotic and intense, as their times together are strictly for $ex, and the lack of communication is stifling, at best. Parker, herself, struggles with friendships including with that of her best friend Hayden (Calculated Risk), and in this, she continues to push all of Jude’s proverbial buttons, and gets upset when Jude no longer wants to play along. The back and forth, up and down, lack of communication and emotional fall out between our leading couple is frustrating yet impassioned-Parker tends to provoke Jude at every turn.The $ex scenes are provocative, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Deacon Blackbridge, Quinten and Hayden (Calculated Risk), Gaige Ward, as well as Wren Nelson and his fouled mouthed bird Puff Daddy. Gaige’s story is next.

HEROIC MEASURES is a story of dysfunctional family relationships and secrets, obsession, retaliation, acceptance and love. The premise is inviting but the majority of the story line focuses on the sexual relationship; the romance is hot and steamy; the characters are energetic and stubborn .

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Hostile Territory
Shot in the Dark
Contingency Plan
Truth be Told

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Reviewed by Sandy

Let’s see…where to begin…

I’m inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are more pronounced than ever.I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.)We have two boys we’re doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman.

I have a master’s degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-time in June of 2019. So that means there’s usually always some criminal/law element to my novels.If I’m not writing; I’m reading.My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I’m reliving my traumatic teen years through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it’s gotten me exactly where I need to be!)

I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.

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